Terrain Publishing
Terrain Publishing
EIN: 45-2432462
Programs and results
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Our programs
What are the organization's current programs, how do they measure success, and who do the programs serve?
Terrain.org
Terrain.org is an independent magazine founded in 1997 that focuses on place. The literary and artistic works in Terrain.org are of the highest quality, by a variety of contributors for a diverse, informed, and progressive audience. Contributors range from icons in the field of nature writing, such as Wendell Berry, Jane Hirshfield, Camille T. Dungy, and Joy Harjo, to essential new voices that are changing both writing and place itself, such as Aisha Sabatini Sloan, José Angel Araguz, and Joe Wilkins. Likewise, our critically acclaimed series—including Letters to America, A Life of Science, and Pam Houston’s Twenty Words During Lockdown—respond in real time to the most urgent social and environmental justice issues of the day. The works Terrain.org publishes on a rolling schedule merge literary and graphic art with science and activism in a beautiful, interactive design. Terrain.org is the world’s first place-based online journal. We were founded on a vision of marrying literary work—poetry, creative nonfiction, and fiction—with articles and community case studies.
Where we work
Awards
AWP Small Press Publisher Award Finalist 2022
Association of Writers and Writing Programs
Affiliations & memberships
Community of Literary Magazines and Presses 2022
External reviews
Our Sustainable Development Goals
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How we listen
Seeking feedback from people served makes programs more responsive and effective. Here’s how this organization is listening.
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How is your organization using feedback from the people you serve?
To inform the development of new programs/projects, To identify where we are less inclusive or equitable across demographic groups, To increase the quality of the publication itself.
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Which of the following feedback practices does your organization routinely carry out?
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What challenges does the organization face when collecting feedback?
It is difficult to get the people we serve to respond to requests for feedback
Financials
Financial data
Terrain Publishing
Revenue & expensesFiscal Year: 2022
SOURCE: Self-reported by organization
Revenue | |
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Contributions, Grants, Gifts | $21,428 |
Program Services | $0 |
Membership Dues | $0 |
Special Events | $0 |
Other Revenue | $9,955 |
Total Revenue | $31,383 |
Expenses | |
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Program Services | $9,068 |
Administration | $3,112 |
Fundraising | $1,500 |
Payments to Affiliates | $12,365 |
Other Expenses | $0 |
Total Expenses | $26,045 |
Terrain Publishing
Balance sheetFiscal Year: 2022
SOURCE: Self-reported by organization
Assets | |
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Total Assets | $6,970 |
Liabilities | |
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Total Liabilities | $4,600 |
Fund balance (EOY) | |
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Net Assets | $11,570 |
Operations
The people, governance practices, and partners that make the organization tick.
Documents
Director and President
Simmons Buntin
Simmons Buntin is the founder and editor-in-chief of Terrain.org and the president and director of Terrain Publishing, Terrain.org's parent organization. He is the co-editor of Dear America: Letters of Hope, Habitat, Defiance, and Democracy (Trinity University Press, 2020), co-author of Unsprawl: Remixing Spaces as Places (Planetizen Press, 2013), and author of the books of poetry Bloom (2010) and Riverfall (2005), published by Salmon Poetry. He is also the marketing and communications manager for the College of Architecture, Planning and Landscape Architecture at the University of Arizona, as well as a certified Project Management Professional (PMP). He holds master's degrees in creative writing from the University of Arizona and urban and regional planning from the University of Colorado at Denver.
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Terrain Publishing
Board of directorsas of 05/21/2023
Board of directors data
Simmons Buntin
Terrain Publishing
Term: 2020 - 2024
Alison Hawthorne Deming
Retired
Lauret Savoy
Mount Holyoke College
Scott Calhoun
ZonaGardens
Derek Sheffield
Wenatchee Valley College
Elizabeth Dodd
Kansas State University
Pam Houston
Writing By Writers
Renata Golden
Golden Ink
Simmons Buntin
Terrain Publishing
Allen Gee
Columbus State University
Sean Hill
University of Montana
Board leadership practices
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Board orientation and education
Does the board conduct a formal orientation for new board members and require all board members to sign a written agreement regarding their roles, responsibilities, and expectations? No -
CEO oversight
Has the board conducted a formal, written assessment of the chief executive within the past year ? No -
Ethics and transparency
Have the board and senior staff reviewed the conflict-of-interest policy and completed and signed disclosure statements in the past year? No -
Board composition
Does the board ensure an inclusive board member recruitment process that results in diversity of thought and leadership? Yes -
Board performance
Has the board conducted a formal, written self-assessment of its performance within the past three years? No
Organizational demographics
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Leadership
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Equity strategies
Last updated: 10/10/2020GuideStar partnered with Equity in the Center - an organization that works to shift mindsets, practices, and systems to increase racial equity - to create this section. Learn more
- We ask team members to identify racial disparities in their programs and / or portfolios.
- We disaggregate data to adjust programming goals to keep pace with changing needs of the communities we support.
- We employ non-traditional ways of gathering feedback on programs and trainings, which may include interviews, roundtables, and external reviews with/by community stakeholders.
- We have long-term strategic plans and measurable goals for creating a culture such that one’s race identity has no influence on how they fare within the organization.
- We seek individuals from various race backgrounds for board and executive director/CEO positions within our organization.
- We have community representation at the board level, either on the board itself or through a community advisory board.
- We help senior leadership understand how to be inclusive leaders with learning approaches that emphasize reflection, iteration, and adaptability.
- We engage everyone, from the board to staff levels of the organization, in race equity work and ensure that individuals understand their roles in creating culture such that one’s race identity has no influence on how they fare within the organization.